Skeleton (computer science)
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'''Skeleton programming''' is a style of [[computer programming]] based on simple high-level program structures and [[dummy code]]. Program skeletons resemble [[pseudocode]], but allows [[parsing]], [[compiler|compilation]] and testing of the code.
Skeleton programming facilitates a [[top-down]] design approach, where a partially-functional system with complete high-level structures is designed and coded, and this system is then expanded to fulfill the requirements for the project to a successively higher level of detail.
Program skeletons are sometimes used for high-level descriptions of [[algorithm]]s.
A program skeleton may also be utilized as a template that reflects syntax and structures commonly used in a wide class of problems.
Skeleton programs are utilized in the [[template method design pattern]] used in [[object-oriented programming]]. See that article for examples of skeleton programs.
==See also==
*[[Dummy code]]
*[[Pseudo code]]
*[[Template method pattern]]
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[[Category:Programming language topics]]
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